Air defense forces destroy nine Russian drones in East, South

Ukrainian Air Forces have eliminated nine Russian unmanned aerial vehicles.

That's according to the Ukrainian Air Defense Force on Telegram, Ukrinform reports.

"As of 18:00 on April 24, nine enemy UAVs were destroyed: six Shahed-136/131 strike drones in the eastern direction - in the area of responsibility of the East Air Command and three in the area of responsibility of the South Air Command - two Lancet strike drones and one operational-tactical level UAV," the statement said.

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As Ukrinform reported earlier, according to the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Ukrainian missile troops and artillery units struck an anti-aircraft missile system and two electronic warfare stations of the Russian invaders during the day.

The first photo: General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine